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Trump says Pirro ‘folded like an umbrella’ in bid to drop Reflecting Pool vandalism charges

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By  WILL WEISSERT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday that U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro “choked” and “folded like an umbrella” in moving to drop charges against a former Olympian accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Speaking at an unrelated Oval Office event, Trump ducked questions about whether he’d fire Pirro, a former Fox News host […]

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GOP holdouts say they will back Blanche’s attorney general nomination after striking deal over fund

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By  MARY CLARE JALONICK and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Republican senators who threatened to block acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s confirmation to lead the Justice Department said Monday that they will support his nomination, ending an impasse over plans to create a fund to compensate allies of President Donald Trump. The endorsement from GOP Sens. John Cornyn

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